Did FATF just call Pakistan's bluff on terror financing?
Jayanta KalitaRajesh Sharma
TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Jul 13, 2025, 15:34 IST IST
Days after condemning the Pahalgam carnage, the Paris-based intergovernmental body has identified state-sponsored terrorism as a global threat. It also gave details on how groups like Jaish and Lashkar used sham NGOs and digital platforms to raise and move funds
In a first, the Paris-headquartered Financial Action Task Force ( FATF ) has turned its attention to state-sponsored terrorism, identifying it as a 'longstanding TF [terrorist financing] threat to international peace and security as well as to the stability of regional financial and political systems'.
The latest FATF report vindicates India's longstanding stance by indirectly referencing Pakistan 's role in supporting terrorism. In June, the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog condemned the April 22 Pahalgam carnage and said such attacks would not have been possible 'without money and the means to move funds between terrorist supporters'.
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